Order Nr. 73361 A STATISTICAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN FICTION, 1774-1850. Lyle H. Wright.

A STATISTICAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN FICTION, 1774-1850.

  • (San Marino, CA): Huntington Library, 1939.
  • 8vo.
  • stiff paper wrappers
  • pp. (309-318)

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Order Nr. 73361

Reprinted from The Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol. II, No.3, April, 1939. With a list of best sellers that includes only titles that reached at least four editions. The author notes that the majority of these writers receive little or no mention in literary histories. Tables based on nearly 1400 titles in Wright's classic American Fiction, 1774-1850. Some soiling to covers, edges worn.